speculating

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Their two-day wedding celebrations led news broadcasts, lit up the Empire State Building in NYC and spurred millions in online betting markets as details of their nuptials left people speculating for weeks.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Wall Street analysts immediately began speculating that Netflix, which showed a desire to get bigger with its failed effort to acquire much of Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

“We think there’s opportunity even in some larger-cap, high-quality equities that are being thrown out as people want to make the high returns from speculating in AI right now,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Today we’re breaking down the story that has everyone speculating.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

And he was certain that speculating about my reasons for running away was beside the point.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides